Analysis of Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies by Students for Establishing Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja

Abstract

The study investigated personal entrepreneurial competencies (PHC) possessed by technical college students for establishing Small and Medium Scale enterprises (SMEs). Two research questions and 2 hypotheses were developed for this study. A survey research design was used to the study. The population comprised of 234 students of Federal Science Technical College Orozo and Government Technical College Garki in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The subjects responded to a 28-item questionnaire. The questionnaire was validated by 3 experts in entrepreneurship education from Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State. The reliability of the instrument was found to be 0.68 using Cronbach Alpha formula. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer and analyse the research questions, while the hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significant. The study revealed that entrepreneurial competencies such as opportunity sensing, persistence, commitment to contract, risk-taking and information seeking among others are PEC possessed by technical college students in FCT. The findings also showed that PEC such as opportunity sensing, persistence, commitment to contract, risk-taking and information seeking, Self-Confidence, Appraise the performance of the enterprise among others are being utilized by the students. The study further revealed that there was no significant difference between the mean response of male and female Students on the PEC Possessed by Technical College students for establishing an enterprise. It was recommended among others that all the competencies discovered to be possessed by students in this study should be packaged and included in curriculum of Technical College programme. Teachers should assist students to identify their PEC for establishing an SMEs.